Sold To The Alpha
A Love spoken Chapter 52

Olivia ran as fast as her wolf's paws would carry her, flying through the countryside, trying to outrun her pain. Images flashed into her mind, the screaming witches as she shut the door on them after engulfing them in flames, Vaughn trying to talk to her, Rowan laying on the stairs as she advanced on him, and then Gabriella. The she wolf's eyes became blinded by tears as the teenager's lifeless body invaded her thoughts, over and over again she watched as the knife plunged into the princess' heart, her face contorting into a look of surprise as she fell backwards.

'Olivia' her wolf called softly.

'No! don't talk to me, I'm evil' Olivia replied before forcing her way to the back of their mind and leaving Olive to take over their body.

They ran for hours without stopping, her wolf's paws were split and bloodied from the constant abuse as she thundered aimlessly forward toward an unknown goal.

Finally, gasping for breath, Olive dropped down by a small river, lapping at the cool water in desperation to try and lubricate her parched mouth.

'Olivia' the wolf called gently, poking with her mind at her human counterpart until the she wolf finally responded.

'I don't want to talk to anyone, leave me alone' Olivia mumbled faintly, trying to shut down the link between them again.

'Olivia, we were both at fault back there, not just you, please, don't shut me out' Olive whispered in pain.

'I killed them all Olive' Olivia cried desperately, 'it was me, they are all dead because of me!'

'Because of us' Olive corrected sadly, 'I unlocked your powers, I let you lose and I didn't even try to stop you when you started to get out of control, I'm sorry Olivia, I let you down' the wolf whined softly.

Olivia shook her head within their mind, 'you didn't do anything Olive, it was me, I'm dangerous' she muttered.

'We are one and the same, I will always be here with you, your mistakes are my mistakes, we will learn to control ourselves together' Olive replied in a low voice. Shaking out her fur, she stood up again, looking around them at the scenery, 'where are we going anyway?' she asked in concern.

'Away from anyone we can hurt' Olivia replied before retreating back into their mind, giving Olive complete control again.

Setting her snout north, the chocolate brown wolf set off again, ignoring the pain in her paws, knowing she needed to get Olivia somewhere that she could be safe.

Another hour's run and the night was black, creeping into a small village, Olive brought her human forward before relinquishing control, Olivia skulking through the deserted alleyways until she found a garden that still had washing on the line, the owner having forgotten to take them in.

Shifting quickly, she stole quietly through the gate and pulled a man's t'shirt and a pair of women's leggings off the line before hurrying back into the street and pulling them over her naked body.

'I'm sorry!' she whispered toward the house in shame, this was the first time she had ever stolen something and it just added to her sense of guilt and worthlessness.

'It was an emergency Olivia, we can send them some money when we get some' her wolf murmured in her mind before fading out again.

Nodding to herself, the she wolf hurried through the streets to the outskirts where she found a small farmhouse that had a barn in the grounds. Looking around hesitantly, she darted through the open land to the barn door, pulling on it tentatively, giving a relieved sigh as it swung open with ease.

Slipping through the gap, she shut the door behind her and strained to see through the darkness at her surroundings. Soon the piles of packaged hay and a large tractor came into view from the gloom, looking upwards her heightened werewolf eyesight noticed a ladder to the back of the barn that led to a large storage shelf that seemed to house bags of feed that she assumed were for the farm's live stock.

Walking over to the ladder, she heaved her exhausted body up the steps, rolling herself onto the shelf and crawling behind a pile of filled sacks where she was completely hidden from view.

Curling up into a ball, she shut her eyes tightly, fighting with the memories of the Coven until sleep finally took her.

Waking with a start, Olivia stared around herself in fear before the events of the previous day crashed around her, covering her face with her hands she was about to give in to her grief when a noise from below her startled her from her thoughts. 'Da! You need me to bring the tractor?' came a young boy's voice, peeking over the feed, Olivia looked down at a teenage lad who was stood in the doorway of the barn, his face turned away from her as he spoke to someone outside. Nodding, he shouted, 'OK, I'll be right over' before he pulled open the door as wide as it would go, then the other one before striding over to the large green tractor parked in the barn and pulled himself into the driving seat.

The large area was suddenly filled with the roar of an engine as the lad turned the key, throwing it into gear and slowly driving it out of the doors, pulling it to a stop as he jumped off and rushed to shut the barn up behind him. Starting to breath again, Olivia sank back down into her hiding space, realising that she needed to somehow get out of there without being seen by the farmer or his family.

Creeping over to the ladder, she made her way down, jumping down lightly onto the hay strewn floor and tiptoeing her way to the entrance to the building.

Slowly opening the door, she peeked outside, looking around carefully to check the coast was clear. Just as she was about to step out a small voice behind her made her jump. 'Who are you?' the little voice asked curiously.

Spinning around, Olivia quickly shut the door again behind her as she looked down into the face of a young girl who was dressed in a pair of short dungarees over a checked shirt, her hair was a mass of blonde curls that was already escaping the hairband on her head, causing long tresses to frame her sweet face. Her deep green eyes were studying the she wolf with interest, completely unconcerned that a stranger was in her father's barn.

'Uh, I'm Olivia' the she wolf replied hesitantly.

The little girl smiled, 'I'm Carys' she said, 'I'm six years old, I wanted to help my daddy on the farm, but he says I is too little, only my brothers can help. She pouted as she spoke making Olivia relax slightly.

'Oh that's too bad' Olivia replied as she knelt down to Carys' level, 'maybe when you are a bit bigger, you can drive the tractor like your brother' she offered as the little girl started to smile again.

'That's my biggest brother Cooper, he helps our Da every morning because he is a big man now' she said proudly. Looking around them, Carys suddenly asked, 'did you sleep here?' Olivia nodded, 'yes, I'm sorry, I should have asked your Ma and Pa's permission but I was really really tired and it was very late, I promise I didn't damage anything' she replied sincerely. Carys shook her blonde curls out of her eyes, 'it's OK, my Da says that we should always help people who need helping if we can, cos that is what makes us good peoples' she said solemnly.

'Well thank you Carys, I appreciate the hospitality even if I did forget to ask first' Olivia replied with a small smile, 'but now I think I better get going before your daddy replaces me here, I don't want to be in the way while he is trying to work.

The little girl tilted her head slightly, studying the young woman before shaking her head, 'you can't go Olivia, you haven't had any breakfast, my Ma says you must always have breakfast, its the most portant meal of the day, I'll go go get you some!' Turning around, she ran back to the side of the building, pushing open a second door that had escaped Olivia's notice the night before, ignoring the she wolf's protests.

Left alone, Olivia shuffled from foot to foot, unsure whether to wait for Carys to return or to slip out.

'Don't leave that little girl, she will be heartbroken to know you turned down her good deed' Olivia's wolf growled in her head. Sighing, Olivia nodded and took a seat on one of the hay bales waiting patiently for Carys to come back.

Five minutes later, the little girl re-entered the barn, her hands clutched around a large red and white checked tea towel that she carefully placed next to the she wolf.

'Here, I got you different things cos I didn't know what you like' Carys said, fidgeting with her fingers slightly as she became shy.

Opening the tea towel, Olivia smiled back that the expectant face watching her. In the parcel was a small carton of juice with a straw attached to the side, a banana, some bread, a tomato and some ham slices.

'Well these are just all my favourites!' Olivia exclaimed, causing the youngster to beam happily.

'I like these too' she confided, rocking back and forth on her toes as she watched the she wolf make and eat a ham sandwich before devouring the banana and tomato and drinking the juice.

When she was finished she carefully folded up the tea towel and handed it back to the little girl.

'Thank you Carys, I really do appreciate your kindness' she said softly.

'It's OK' the girl replied shyly, 'I hope it gives you lots of energy for your travels' she replied.

'I'm sure it will' the she wolf replied as she stood up. Looking over to the door, she hesitated momentarily.

'It's OK, Da and Connor are in the top field and Ma is changing the beds, no-one is out there, you won't be seen' Carys piped up.

Looking back at the small child, Olivia gave her a genuine smile as she crouched down to look her in the eyes, 'thank you' she said humbly, 'you just brought a little bit of sunshine into my life when I needed it most' she whispered before straightening up and heading for the door, only stopping to give the little girl a wave before slipping outside and making her way quickly to the road to continue her travels.